12:21 AM,
Nov. 18, 2012

FAMU quarterback Damien Fleming delivers a stiff arm but gets pulled down short of a first down.

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Quarterback Damien Fleming walked away from the post-game ceremonies with the trophy that goes to the best player in the Florida Classic. Someone took it before he got back to the FAMU locker room.

He didn't miss it. But the look on his face said he was obviously hurt - not because he didn't know where the trophy was but because his team had just lost 21-16 to Bethune-Cookman University. It was the second consecutive year that the Wildcats defeated the Rattlers in the 33-year-old classic.

"It's a great accomplishment but all I wanted to do was get the win," said Fleming, a sophomore who has become ...